Guwahati, Dec. 26, 2019: A fifth-grade student in Assam has written an open letter to the UN Secretary-General over the violence that has gripped his state following protests against the newly amended citizenship law. The student’s emotional letter, written amid violence and curfew, urges the United Nations to intervene andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata,Dec 26, 2019: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attended the Christmas night services on December 24 at the Cathedral Church in Kolkata. On her first visit to the cathedral for Christmas, Banerjee inaugurated the crib – traditional nativity scene of Jesus birth. Banerjee has servedContinue Reading
Vatican City, Dec 26, 2019: Pope Francis ushered in Christmas on December 25 for the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics with a message of unconditional love, saying “God continues to love us all, even the worst of us”. “You may have mistaken ideas, you may have made a complete mess ofContinue Reading
Mumbai, Dec 26, 2019: There is no harm in backtracking if the government thinks it has erred in amending citizenship laws, says Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India. “Religion should never be made a dividing factor,” asserted the cardinal when asked about the political turmoil inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi, December 26, 2019: Lenin Raghuvanshi, a rewound social worker from Varanasi, received from Rotary International’s Vocational Excellence Award in recognition of his extraordinary to life skills of youth and children. He received the award on December 21 during the 36th District Rotary Conference in VaranasiContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 26, 2019: It is worth working for the promotion of human rights, says the winner of the first Youth Ki Awaaz (YKA) Award. It is important to work on human rights as the lack of awareness about their rights and duties makes peopleContinue Reading
By Jose Kalapura Patna, Dec 24, 2019: A Christmas Milan (gathering) in Patna noted that the Christmas message of peace to people of good is very relevant today when society is being divided and violence is committed in the name of religion. Some 200 people, mostly leaders from various religions,Continue Reading
By Adolf Washington Bengaluru, Dec 24, 2019: More than 20,000 people on December 23 converged at a mosque in Bengaluru to protest the newly enacted Citizenship Amendment Act. More than 35 NGO too joined the protest. Various groups teamed-up at different corners on the roads voicing their protest. People beganContinue Reading
By Rajiv Theodore Mananthavady, Dec 24, 2019: These are extreme ports and not for the faint hearted. It is all about that adrenalin rush and nature bashing rolled into one. Mountain Terrain Biking (MTB) is where you can experience the tall oaks, the deep valleys and snow-capped mountains. Events likeContinue Reading
By Rajiv Theodore New Delhi, Dec 23, 2019: Precisely 48 years ago, on December 16, Pakistan surrendered to India at Dhaka’s Ramna Race Course, the largest military surrender after World War—11. One of the shortest wars that lasted for 13 days had ended with the chief of the Pakistani forces,Continue Reading
